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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Jay, Bernie Williams is a lifetime .300 hitter with nearly 2500 hits and multiple gold gloves. Somehow I think he'd rate a mention outside of a boxscore if he played outside of New York. What non-NYers don't seem to appreciate is that the NY press is way harder on NY players than any other market is on their players. That's the reason so many guys can't handle playing here and flourish elsewhere. When ARod played in podunk places such as Texas and Seattle he was the greatest player of all time. In NY, the guy wins the MVP one year and the next year he's a joke in NY. If Bernie Williams played in Minnesota there would be a statue of him outside the stadium. In NY, Bernie is a well-respected because of his professionalism and abilities. And I can't recall him ever being put on a pedestal of the level that Joe D ever was.